MURPHY, Patrick Joseph
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Highland Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Number:
3314324
P.O.W. number:
10087
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, May 1, 1920
Private Patrick Joseph Murphy, from Waterford, Eire, was wounded between 25 and 28 February 1941 during operations on the occupied Greek island of Kastellorizo [1][2].
- 2 June 1941 Crete, wounded and a prisoner of war [3][4][4a].
- July 1941 - March 1942 Stalag 3D [4a].
- March 1942 to 1945 Stalag 344 [4a].
- Attempted four escapes from Stalag 344 [4a].
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/23.
[2] 50 Me Cdo Casualty List 25th-28th Feb. 1941 in Crete (War Office Oct 1941) Ref. GRO2E/1188/69C.
[2] 50 Me Cdo Casualty List 25th-28th Feb. 1941 in Crete (War Office Oct 1941) Ref. GRO2E/1188/69C.
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
[4] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
[4] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
[4a] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/229/2.
Notes
50 and 52 Middle East Commandos formed 'D' Bn., of Layforce for operations on Crete.
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